Wounded Warrior Programs

Wounded Warriors Weekend

Each winter, in January or February, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports hosts a Three-day “Wounded Warriors Weekend.” In the 2022-2023 season, our 19th annual Wounded Warriors Weekend was held on the weekend of February 10-12, when we offered adaptive snow sports, hearty buffet meals, and lodging for our wounded warrior students, family members, and caregivers.

Our current season Wounded Warriors Weekend is planned for February 9-11, 2024.

For more information, call or email WAS executive director Dave Shreve, at 434-466-3283 or executivedirector.was@gmail.com

You can then go to our registration page and apply to join us that weekend.

If you’re on the mountain when we hold this exciting event, stop in at the Mountain Inn or at the top of the Dobie Ski Trail to say hello to our honored guests, and look also for TV news coverage of this always inspiring event.

The Rufus Cook Memorial Award

Awarded for determination in overcoming injuries to seek the joy and exhilaration of snow sports

To honor the memory of Staff Sergeant Rufus Cook, his family and friends have endowed The Rufus Cook Memorial Scholarship. The award has been presented each year beginning in 2016 to a Wounded Warrior participant at the annual Wintergreen Adaptive Sports Wounded Warrior Weekend, and it underwrites the participation of the WAS Wounded Warrior whose determination to overcome injuries and to seek the joy and exhilaration of snow sports best exemplifies the dedication and life-affirming service of Rufus Cook. 

For more information on supporting this scholarship, email executivedirector.was@gmail.com.

RUFUS COOK MEMORIAL award RECIPIENTS

• 2023 Nima Emami

• 2022 Phillip Rodriguez

• 2021–Shirley Sealey

• 2020–Tyrone Sartor

• 2019–Armand Bonseigneur & Duane Brown

• 2018–Kemmini Washington & Jeff Haugh

• 2017–Seyward McKinney & Jason Ehrhart

• 2016–Jonathan Rivenbark

Staff Sergeant Rufus Cook first enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1979 at age 18, served with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas, with the 7th Cavalry in Schweinfurt, Germany, and near the end of his distinguished military career, with the 630th Transportation Company in 2004-05 in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In March 2005, for his heroic service while stationed in Iraq, Staff Sergeant Cook was the recipient of the Bronze Star. Medically discharged in 2009 due to injuries sustained in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Staff Sergeant Cook contracted throat and lung cancer in 2012 and fought bravely until his death in June 2015.

“Every Day is Armed Services Day”

In addition to our much more well known warriors weekend, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports also sponsors a season-long “Every Day is Armed Services Day” program. In this program, during our mid-December to mid-March snow sports season, Wintergreen Adaptive Sports invites all military personnel injured during their military service to register for free adaptive snow sports lessons, including ski or snowboard rentals, any day of the week. Many of our warrior weekend guests have through this program become frequent adaptive snow sports students, stretching their skills, expanding their limits, and adopting a lifetime recreational pursuit; we hope to have many more!

Advance reservations are required and subject to availability.  With sufficient advance notice, we may be able to assist with lodging.

Since 2005, this multifaceted program within WAS has assisted more than 700 Wounded Warriors and their families. To register for the program, use the registration button, below.